Last Supper

Topics: Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus, Florence Pages: 2 (669 words) Published: December 9, 2013

An Analysis of the Last Supper
The painting of the Last Supper is an important event in Jesus Christ’s life because it was his last meal in Jerusalem with his disciples before his crucifixion. According to Christians, Christ foretells that he will suffer soon after his meal and that it will be his last meal. After Christ predicted that he was having his last meal, he gives his followers a commemoration for his body and blood by taking a piece of bread and gave it them saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). The Last Supper consisted of his twelve disciples who were Christ’s closest followers who were men that travelled with Jesus and learned from him. The Last Supper was also an event where Christ announced that one of his twelve apostles would betray him. The twelve disciples involved were Peter, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Lebbaeus, Simon, and Judas. After Jesus’s death, the twelve disciples who were also known as apostles separated and began to spread Jesus’s teachings to others. There are various controversies about the Last Supper, that many paintings are created to show the meaning behind Christ’s last meal. There are various paintings of the Last Supper, but there are two particular portraits that particularly stand out because of the different controversy behind the painting.

Paintings are based on what the artist believed in. Leonardo da Vinci was an artist who created a mural painting of the popular Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci is famous for various paintings such as the Mona Lisa, St. John the Baptist, and the Last Supper. The Last Supper is a fresco by da Vinci that tells a story right out of the Bible. Da Vinci took the moment when Christ announces that one of his apostles will betray him and his captures the emotions and facial expressions of the apostles in the painting. Da Vinci used tempera, which is a combination of egg yolk, vinegar and oil paints applied...
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